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Fire near Mpumalanga

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, gas flares, sun glint) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official emergency sources.

Where Mpumalanga · Mpumalanga
First detected21 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC
Last detected22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC
Satellite detections13
Peak intensity62 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 13

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC8firms
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC9firms
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC10firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC16firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC23firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC16firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC16firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC13firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC4firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC62firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC32firms
22 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC6firms
21 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC4firms

Official & data sources

EFFIS / Copernicus fire viewer ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ AFIS — Advanced Fire Information System (CSIR) ↗

All fires on 21 Oct 2026

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